Presentation of the ArmArch Online Encyclopedia of Armenian Architecture took place on 19th August in the Club. The presentation was followed by a conference entitled ‘Armenian Regional Modernism: Modernizing the Tradition’. Following presenters had talks during the conference:

• Nina Palyan, representative of ARISC in Armenia (Armenia)-‘The American research Institute of South Caucasus’
• Yeva Ess, Architectural critic (France)-‘The ArmArch Online Encyclopedia of Armenian Architecture: Why Armenian regional Modernism?’
• Karen Balyan, architect (Russian Federation)-‘What is Armenian Modernism?’
• Talinn Grigor, art historian (USA)-‘In the Ruins of Regional Modernism: Documenting Architecture in Armenia’
• Tigran Harutyunyan, architect (Russian Federation)-‘The Dialogue between Modernism and pre-Modernism in Rafael Israelyan’s Critical Texts’
• Davit Stepanyan, architect (Armenia)-՛Armenian or Regional Modernism: Local Specificities of the International Style’

The presentations were followed by public discussions around the issues pertinent to terminological and phenomenological definition of Armenian (regional) modernism.